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Q. In water hyacinth and water lily, pollination takes place by:

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In water hyacinth, that is, Eichhornia the flowers are purple in color, attractive and borne in a spike to facilitate pollination by insects. Water lilies, Nymphea species have conspicuous attractive flowers to facilitate insect pollination while some species produce a large number of pollen grains to aid anemophily or wind pollination. So, the correct answer is 'Insects or wind'.